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Event: Getting it Right in the Early Years: Our Collective Responsibility

Hear from CoLab Director Professor Donna Cross as we provide an overview of the early childhood landscape and launch the CoLab Strategic Framework.

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Telethon champ visits The Kids

Ten year old Scott has been walking for Telethon since he was four years old and he's now raised a massive $100 thousand for Telethon.

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Australia’s first Autism Biobank to help improve early diagnoses

A world leading Autism biobank has been officially launched in Australia today by the Minister for Health, the Hon Sussan Ley.

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Chronic illness affects young children’s school readiness

Researchers from the The Kids Research Institute Australia and UWA have found that young children with a chronic disease are more likely to fall behind their peers in a wide

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Improving the lives of kids with Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes research got a huge boost when the WA Children’s Diabetes Research and Education Centre for Research Excellence opened late last year.

Research

Goroka Otitis Media Study: Prevalence and associated risk factors of otitis media in children attending urban clinics in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea

Otitis media (OM, middle ear infections) and the consequent hearing loss are major concerns for Aboriginal people and OM can seriously impact on children’s learning potential which in turn will impact on life as an adult.

CoLab – Collaborate for Kids

The Kids Research Institute Australia and Minderoo Foundation established CoLab in 2017 to provide a ‘nest’ to bring together evidence with policy and practice to grow six major projects.

Policy Papers

CoLab has released the first in a series of policy papers on early childhood in Western Australia.

Core Story for Early Childhood Development and Learning

The Core Story for Early Childhood Development and Learning Collaboration is a long-term communications initiative to transform the way early childhood development and learning is understood in Australia.

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Implementation of the National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of ASD in Australia – Health Sector Capacity Building

Andrew Videos Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew PhD Deputy Director (Research); Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at The Kids